This week's article details how DARPA is funding research into Spiderman skills. Apparently, they'd like soldiers to be able to climb walls like Spidey. While I have to admit this sounds really cool, I can't help feeling these tech guys are serious uber-geeks. I'm a mild tech geek, but I hate to think what some hard-core geeks with a billion dollar budget can do. How long until we have light sabres? Terminator robots? Bionic soldiers?
A team of chemical engineers at Cornell have created a palm-sized device that could one day turn troops into human wall crawlers, using an adhesive bond inspired by beetles.
No surprise that Darpa, the Pentagon agency often inspired by sci-fi, is behind this one. They’ve been funding superhero efforts for years, from Superman X-Ray vision to human flight via cannonball (well, sorta). Spider-Man capabilities have been a top priority too, in hopes that troops might one day scale verticals “without the need for rope or ladder.”
You can get the full scoop here:
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/02/pentagon-researchers-create-spider-man-gadgetry-for-real-life-wall-crawlers/
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Cheers,
Maurice
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